ncurses 6.1 - patch 20180127

[ncurses.git] / man / infocmp.1m

diff --git a/man/infocmp.1m b/man/infocmp.1m
index 79a12a4da90104e83648daca2acb37c09db4a100..34efbf63445407b61cbfa5bfe45a2f781d65f8cf 100644 (file)
--- a/man/infocmp.1m
+++ b/man/infocmp.1m
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2017,2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: infocmp.1m,v 1.65 2017/02/18 19:21:05 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: infocmp.1m,v 1.70 2018/01/23 10:10:17 tom Exp $
 .TH @INFOCMP@ 1M ""
 .ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
 .el       .ds `` ``
@@ -35,7 +35,21 @@
 .el       .ds '' ''
 .ds n 5
 .de bP
-.IP \(bu 4
+.ie n  .IP \(bu 4
+.el    .IP \(bu 2
+..
+.de NS
+.ie n  .sp
+.el    .sp .5
+.ie n  .in +4
+.el    .in +2
+.nf
+.ft C                  \" Courier
+..
+.de NE
+.fi
+.ft R
+.in -4
 ..
 .ds d @TERMINFO@
 .SH NAME
@@ -435,6 +449,12 @@ base64
 3
 hexadecimal and base64
 .RE
+.IP
+For example, this prints the compiled terminfo value as a string
+which could be assigned to the \fBTERMINFO\fP environment variable:
+.NS
+@INFOCMP@ -0 -q -Q2
+.NE
 .TP 5
 \fB\-q\fR
 This makes the output a little shorter:
@@ -454,12 +474,20 @@ This option is for use with archaic
 versions of terminfo like those on SVr1, Ultrix, or HP/UX that do not support
 the full set of SVR4/XSI Curses terminfo; and variants such as AIX
 that have their own extensions incompatible with SVr4/XSI.
-.IP
+.RS
+.bP
 Available terminfo
 subsets are \*(``SVr1\*('', \*(``Ultrix\*('', \*(``HP\*('', and \*(``AIX\*(''; see \fBterminfo\fR(\*n) for
 details.
+.bP
 You can also choose the subset \*(``BSD\*('' which selects only capabilities
 with termcap equivalents recognized by 4.4BSD.
+The \fB\-C\fP option sets the \*(``BSD\*('' subset as a side-effect.
+.bP
+If you select any other value for \fB\-R\fP,
+it is the same as no subset, i.e., all capabilities are used.
+The \fB\-I\fP option likewise selects no subset as a side-effect.
+.RE
 .TP
 \fB\-s \fR\fI[d|i|l|c]\fR
 The \fB\-s\fR option sorts the fields within each type according to the argument
@@ -569,7 +597,7 @@ The \fB\-F\fR option of \fB@INFOCMP@\fR(1M) should be a \fB@TOE@\fR(1M) mode.
 \fBcurses\fR(3X),
 \fBterminfo\fR(\*n).
 .sp
-http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/tctest.html
+https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/tctest.html
 .PP
 This describes \fBncurses\fR
 version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@).